Quick Infertility Facts

Number of infertile married couples:
2.1 million

Number of women ages 15-44 impaired in having children:
6.1 million

Number of women who visited a doctor for infertility in 1995:
1.2 million

Number of prescriptions written for fertility drugs in 1997:
1.3 million

Percentage of couples with infertility caused by male:
35 percent

Infertility caused by female:
35 percent

Infertility caused by both partners:
20 percent

Infertile couples whose problems are unexplained:
10 percent

Number of in vitro fertilizations and other advanced reproductive procedures tried in 1995:
59,142

Number of deliveries resulting from those procedures:
11,315

Sources: 1995 National Survey of Family Growth; Centers for Disease Control amd Prevention 1995 Assisted Reproductive Technologies report; IMS America; RESOLVE.

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